Monday, May 11, 2009

THANK YOU to everyone for your sweet, supportive comments on the last post (regarding our unexpected family health crisis). My goodness, what a gift you lovely people are. We all appreciate your thoughts, wishes and prayers so much. (((Hugs.)))

So glad you are back and at it. Hope all is well and that smell issue has resolved at your house. Random mystery smells are unfortunage. Once a bottle of milk got pushed under tiny's mattress. That nearly drove me over the edge.

Anna, what can I say - I absolutely LOVE you and you crack me up without fail every time there's a new post on here. You are but you're one of a kind! Also saw a clip on YouTube - the air quote is a classic! You had me doubled over!

Love the "heard at home" comments. Priceless!

SO glad to have you back - never go away again!! - and I hope that whatever the crisis was, that you and your loved ones are OK now.

Oh heck, thank you so much for this...was feeling a bit glum (common state of mind) but you've just cheered me up. Feeling slightly queasy about the smells though.....(oh, and wait a minute, there's the sound of the dog hawking in the hallway....right on cue).

I love eavesdropping in public places ... uh, I mean, listening to random conversations. One of my favorites: "She's going to North Carolina this weekend because she looks to the Cherokee Nation for spiritual guidance -- and pottery."

I missed your post on the family emergency, but hope all is well. I have that same dang twitch. The only difference is I have cat puke instead of dog puke. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHave you also noticed NO ONE but mom can clean up puke or poop of any kind?

Heh...brilliant examples of catching the public unaware that nothing is private anymore, least of all our conversations. It's when I hear words to the effect of "...and so I popped this boil...", "...and the doctor started probing me down...", or "...and when I got up off the toilet..." that I start to tune them out. There is such a thing as too much information.

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